Pregnancy care for African refugee women in Australia: Attendance at antenatal appointments

Evidence Based Midwifery

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 54-58

  Carolan, Mary ^a   Cassar, Loris ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SUNSHINE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

African women; Midwives; Pregnancy care; Refugees

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449108888     PISSN: 14794489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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